The Sun. — London, England, 1809-11-07 00:00:00

P 0 E-T TRY. A HOMELY"NEW BALLAD, TO TWE ~; ;tea Ilornely old Tune of " A plague o' your - potherlasbtiut this or that.", AnDRESSED TO THE PL•IN, lioNzsr SINSE'OF THE SUBJECTS OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS. Hark, hark ! my dear Countrymen; hearken to toe, Good counsel giveyou,without bribe or fee, And lay bare the pretexts of those pestilent elves Who think nothing well done that's not done by them. selves. One wise-acre holds up the word Revolution ; A nother would new mould,obr fam'd Constitution : put the'staunch, faithful friends, in our perils rift tried, These restless state-rnongers would chace fronlour sloe. They tell us their study is all for our good,' • But their aims are, in spite of their arts, tindersibOd":* They will lessen our taxes - our burtlienS withdraw !, What comes next ?—from the Corsican toiecei4eUW See our females dishonour'd, our sons from us torn, To fight foreign battles to'distant clients borne ; Our harbours choak'd up, our rich fiehis left untill'd, Our cities bunt down, of with misery Should we shrink now, my brethren, these, horrors would come, And in letters of blood would be written our docot : Penny wise, and pound foolish," tvc'd then to our cost', rind we'd been, when the whole of our substance was lost. Let's perish first—aye, let us tug to the last Our allls at stake the dread die Irath been cast : While we've one penny kit, let us give it, •to save Our country, or fall while we're free as we're brave. Like ours, the Frenchdemagegues once loudly prated ; 'Like ours, to the people their grievances stated : They swore they'd untax them, and make them all equal ; The people believ'd them—but, oh! mark the sequel I A great nat,on, enslaved by the slaves it exalted, Now crouches to one who from those slaves revelted ; Ey upstarts and cut-threats arm plunderers feerd, They're now indeed equal I—in bondage all rul'd. Their tyrant our strength aid our happL:ess views Like a demon malign, like a demon putsUes . Our utter destittElion : proud, insolent, vain, It mads him that we should command the -wide main. Let him threat, ler him foam, for our army and fleet WiP ne•' er their trophies lay low at his fee'. Subdue us ! Let him drtd his ColleayueS in sin Catch the beast, ere they venture to hatter his skin. 31e rises majestic, he stalks to the shore, His eyes flisliing fury, and awfUl his roarL The LION Or E NOLAND !-- 7 110'w old Oct AN)fiiies, As the sounds thunder o'er it, at which Galliatinaices Great Liberty, hail ! still shall Britain's hold'sons Protect thy last soil, while the blood: in thein rtins United, resolv'd in so glorious a cause, We'll die for our King, for our homes, for ouf lobn Rull at his monarch may now and then grumble, iiut ne'er will I;ermit b !se assai! , r.! , to mumble; like anal and wife jarring, their o'er, St . I better they love thAn they. e'er did before. Tarty-nine yegs the Tatr;arch O'cr ti has teigred, Ty not one breach of h;th, one unfeding aeistaisi'd; In each priiate duty religionSlyjusi— As a Sovereign unost tighten: s, most trite to trust; Under him and his . fathervve've fipurlsh'd r.n3 fought, , And we'll still . fight as English, Scotch, I.riSlinietrought ; OUr wives and ourcinidren shat stilt around Us, For with Heav'n on our side, tht wfiole earth can't con found us, . To th'ALmicirry hope th:ft, these IsTdnds are dear; WhiTe we fear His high pom.'er, we've nought elso,to fear With one heart, with crie kids join, then; 'and sing, And "bless "hirit wh - o ble;/StIV (13," , 14bleal.,bless our K t • God bless.bim, and save liim, and'grant Thai iiis life, • Undistttr'd by interna,l sirile, . May be spar'd long, our frldoxi'l and rights to maintain ! o,bless hi,n, and ble.ss him, aatd tilt'ss him again.!' Ustictiivr DE.nrdits.-Lln tileAtAi:sfiat;ea on Friday last, Mr. Ager shewed cause against ~rule obtained 17 Mr. 'Hart on 4- tjriiier'illy on the •plaintiff to shew cause why . he sitonld not pay the defendant : 1 .1%; sun; of 45 . .. ex penses attending thz.; :irrest of the CetelitlAnt,, under ibc follovvincr ctrcumstanCes The defendant had been; - discharge.d • from prison . ~under the Insolvent A& of 180 )- the plaintiff, being -*nor int of the defendant's haying taken tltp keellehl of the A& ) some time afterwards arrested him : he was talv-n to, a took-up house, where he : 'rernained tear a week before he was bailed , during which time - the expenees incurredanyiunted to CI. 14s. A clause in the Mt provide:, That any . person having tobt'ained his discharge under the ,A6l; arid - b - eihg affer`W,ards arrested for a debt cantraeted Oreious'w sncli'disettirge, a discretionary pirier'shoUld be fridg e:l in the Judge of the Court from whence the pie tress. issued; on appticatioti being Made ro hiM, to al low such parts of the'costs attending that arrest, to the person arrested, as be should thMk proper:' An application had , been made to the Cuurt in the , pre ,sent case, and a rule granted, calling on the plaintiff to shew cause why he should not pay the expences. In spewing cause against the rule, Mr. Ager pro duced the plaintiff's affidaviiistating his ignoranc . e. of the defendant's having taken the bei.efit of the A6l, and that the defendant had delayed producing his dii-.- eharge,,for the purpose of - misleading _the plaintiff ; ns soon, however, as the plaintiff had learnt. that the defendant had been so di ,, chargecl, the Attorney' bad immediately stopped the proceedings, and ten-, dared to the defendant a sum equal to all the ex pence's which would have been incurred, had the de fendant produced his discharge immediately on his being •arrested. The Judge (1 5 e.asitsti A LL) was of opinion that the defendant was only-entitled to the tmlence of the bail bond, he having « ilfully delayed producing his discharge, for the purl - ose of increas -ing the expences.—Rule discharged. OLD BAILEY. MONDAN, NOVIi-MBER C. 7 Thomas Lawson alias Johnson, stood capitally dieted for stealing four - silver table spoons, four sil ver fbrki, four sillier laddles, 'and other things, the t• property of a Mr. Jourdan; his master, ln the month Ofo6lober last, 111 . 4 dwelling-house: The prisoner on, being put to the bar confessed his crime, and thi - eklkiraself on - tliemercy-ilf the Court. In com.equenee,..ot,.this candid confession, and his expressinggreafcontrition for his fault, the COmmon.; Serjeant, atter having strongly admonished hho on the heinousness of his offence, sentenced him tO yeais trOzsportation. • JohnsOn was capitally indiEted for-pri-,1 vately stealing in a dWelling-house, 22 yards of cat pet, value 505. the property of Edward,Ldader, on the 18th of OEtober last. The Prisoner was porter to the Prosecutor, and was dete&ed in the robbery by a Bow-street . oaCir,' who met him with the carpet on his sheul der, 'and• suspecting he had not obtained it honestly, he stop.: peal Ilia), and asked him where he was going ; the Prisoner replied he W,as going ; the °alter] said he would accornpanY him, but the Prisoner ob I I jected,,and the officer took him into . custody: • •• His employer being sent_for, it was discovered' War.the , had stolen the carpet from his - master's*warehouse. —Guilty of stealing to the life - of 30. ' Sarah Howell was eonviEted of stealing 's yards and'a half of muslin, freM the shoplof Jot►ti Boyle, . . 4 linen-draper, on the 3d trltitno:tt - Sarah Murray and Henry Sk ? fien, were indiaecl for stealing from tile person of William Bromley, 17 siiver and gold, on the night of the oth of October. . „ - The female prisoner was a Cyprian, and the-pro secutor having entered into conversation. with her, in Frith-street, Soho, sheeontrived to,c)isburden him of his purse'- in 1 4' hie') the money the l- lAither prisoner ,shorty after came up, and. the two prison ers went oti.together. The, prosecuter immediately missed his purse, • and went in search of them,. as lie supposed they. had picked his pocket) and haying found them, he gave them in charge to the watch man. On beirlgsearched in ,the waicli-boose, the: money-Which the prosecutor identified as his;' - IN:13 found on the person of the man. The prisoners 1 were both found. Guilty. Mary New4rry, ,abothtt Cyprian nymph s &mit:lmi of stealing 'a silver watch from -fl..Garratt;. in the night of the .25th of Ottober, at her lodgings in York-street. Joseph _Rudd; was indicted far stealing from the . fitiSbn Ot Angelo Majosa twenty-eight,. ponnds in 'l3. , rik ; Nikes, in the Mincities', on the 26th of Au- gt.it last. - • • • , . The prisoner, in company with .an accOniplice ! .narned Michael Mordecai, who was tried att;.; con .vieted la,t sessibus tor this offence, ru t ekthe Pri.oecutoi', i.v'hO - is ati'ltalian sailor, and had just recened his pay from his Captain. Mordecai 10l the Monty ,out' of the Prosexiitor's jacket pocket, anti. gaye - ik so ' the ' ,resent prisoner, who ran oil, hut was not appre hended tilt 'the latter end of 06toner, when The Prosecutor swore pa nicely to his identity. Flu was' i found Guilty. 1 ' fiiiiii .14ifti . its stood capitally indiac:l for stelling a silver hunting watch, • several piat,:d chains and seals, silver pencil . caSes and thimbles, iti the dwell in:-house of his Master, Jonas , Levi a watai-,iiiaker, ir:fitgli-street, Wititechapq. Mr. Levi stated, that he saw the, prisoner, with a candle, in the cellar under the s i 4np, on the night of the 1 t - th of 01:itober, and .went do \vn to asceriain what ha Was al' at, wheneon entering the cellar, lie saw•two gilt seals lying on the ground I.):!side his box.. H asked tins where he had got them, and'he .. seemed much agitated. = A constable was.then sent ;or, and( On the prisoner's ,ueing st.archecl, a watch, a gilt chain and key, the property of his employer, were found in his coat'pocket ; in addition to which several other articles of hardware were- tounthsecret ed 41i . ihE.COlar.- The pfisOner. then*Conteskkl- his erme, and' begged tor • mercy. , ' '" - . The 'Jury returned a vetdiel—Guilty of stealing to.the value if 39s ,_ . . lEdward Powell was hid : tiled for ste4iling fete pair of silk stockingi, six muslin neekereiliefs,:*ia' Ei k . silk handerchiets,, in the dwelling;-house Of Mr. Ib betson, who keeps the hotel in,Vere-s:reet, 01%.f0r1i.- street, the property of thtt Rev", Mr. I.3ovven, ti lad 6er therein. .Tip.e prisoner was AcquitiJd. ' • ..- 44brahaig, SlNpherd;. a ; lid: not inore'tli:ln fiffeen years 'ot. ti d e, was convided of 'rriately stealing. a o great coat, sevtral :articles, f ivearing,appatgf, two . one-bound notes, and °lila things, the prOpert, of ,T3harles ''itrolt, on the night of the. 30th of OLt t ibe . r. l i he' prisoner and the pro - seenfor were 'servants in the employment of. Mr. John 'faylor„ a fanner, at Haiii , ..fy, in the parish of South Mims, and 'slept in the lame room. The prosecutor went-out 'Very early on the morning of the I ith of OaOber, leaving - the .prisoner, in bed, who, shortly after his fellow-ser 'aiit's' departure, got up, bio'ke open his:'hox, and absconded' with the properiy . ermine-rated in'the in / did ment. The prosecutor met him in a few days after wards, when, after some hesitation, he contested his crirne, and accompanied the prosecutor to , Northall Common, about eight 8 miles froth the place - where : the robberk was - committed, 'and pointedout a hol low tree, nib= all the . lost prOpe - iry Was ,discovered perfectly sate. John if hite stood indicted for .a street robbery, in having run againsk Mr. Nicholls, on the night •.-,1 the ad instant; and taking trOrn his persona silver • 1 watch.—Guilty. . . SUICIDE.-- . -Early yesterday morning, as a man in the ethploy of Mr. Grange, a carpenter, in Fort- land was going through the Park, he disco 7 vered a man lying under d tree, whom he supposed to be sleeping; . but on his•nearer approach, .a gen teel dressed man appeared,- with his head, blown to atoms. Tlie man gave au.alarm, and the body was removed ; a terrier dog was sitting,l7y the deceased, whose abode was discovered by d. collar round the dog's neck. He turned out to be a person of the name of SLIBLY, who had occupied lodgings for some Pirrie in Paddington, but he was originally a clioolmastor . in Wittsliire. SHIP NEWS. CR LvttrlD, NOVELIBEg S. Sailed—the:Sophia, Anderson, and r nterir:ze, Rater:inn,. fdr Cadiz ; Ain lia ., Ilar}ett,' and Ann, Virodall, RI& janzito; Resdlution, Hilton, .for St. Thomas's ; Elizabeth, lolmston, for Madeira - , I.3o:wes, Dixon, for Trinidad'; Re- Cowry, Slii.trbselt, - for Oporto; Freedom, Nicholson, for Cott; Diolnl, Nohle, and Isis, Munro, for Gott,:nburgh ; Miiterva, Cuthbertson, for Flushing; and the lohn,' Cvn- Yet's, tot Malta. BIRTHS. On the 24th ult. at Hastings, the Lady of Captain of a Daughter. Ott the 2;th tilt. at Bitton, the Lady of the Rev. T. - it. Curtis, of a Son. On the 3 zst ult. ht Ratley, Berks, the La ly of Sir George Bowyer, Batt. of a Daughter, • On Sunday morning last, the Lady of the Rev. W. G. Huet, of Gower-street. of a Daughter. Lately, -at Stone-hall, Surrey, Mrs. G. Clayton, of a Daughter. MAR RIEb. . .0p the zSth ult. tit Camberwell,' Mr. Robert Symonds. of tOc City, Merchant, to Miss Caroline Cockburn, Ward of I;homas Starling Benson. Esq. of Champion Loctze. Oil Thursday, at Childwall Church, Liferpool; William Bagdon, bsq, of.thq,City of London, to Mits Comberbach, daughter of M r. Peter Comberbach, of Mosley Val 6. DIED. On Friday morning the z7th ult„,atScarisbrick Hall, Laria cashirc, William , the sccoactson of,.Thornas Ecclftton, hsq: of that place, aged Y 2 years, We lament-to add, that the la, trier survived the son only a, very few days, having died at the' same plac. early oh Wednesday "morning last, in the sytiz year of his age. On,t.te Ist inst, at his mother's ,house in Sloane-strei.,t, itt his 910 year, William Gordon Fiavm, eldest son of the late Sterhen Navin,Etq. of the Bahamas • • _ On . hiday last, Mrs. Work, of Brunswick-place, Dtpt foro. • . On the 4th inst. in Cower.street, liedforti-square, Mrs. Nunn, wife of William Nunn, Esq. of Uppei Tooting; • On Satarday lakt, i❑ the Sad year of his age, EdWard Wil kirks" Esq: °frier:, Middle,ex. The same day, at her house in Guildford-street, Lolidon, Mrs. Ekley, relitt of the late Rot. I'. Etley, Itedur of, Tfowell, near Nottingham. ~ On Sunday mornim.;; in the S - ,•th year of his age; at Ilford* Essex, William Winiams, Esq. :,anne inorning, - ;t Mon lake, Mrs. Bruin, wife of Qtiarles Bann. _ _ In the night of the 3oth Odoberf at Flushing, of thecorh , pjaint Axrrieh proved so general Iv. fatztl to the British troOp§. Widehei•en, ,Lieutenant-General Fitigetald, of Hi s iyia jsty's 38th Regiment. • * Yesterday morning, after a long illness; aged 56, Mi. Wit% liatrt Evans, of New- stirect, Golden-sOare. .ARKkTS, &t. LONDON RETURN QF By Mc*srs. Cut lucluoing tiolr • • agreeabil • 140 Quarters at r zBs ad 3 9 at 116 oct 335 at z 15s cal 94 at i z4s rd 2 at I US . Od • 3,-9 ---• at t 14s ,ock . . 2 5 t ,o(I 9—; - at x ros •cd 2 ,39 3;o ----7—• at t 024, od 3 6 5 .11 - ':1 - sz ----at togs 6d T0ta: . 5,756 ~),Jarter; Is. • LI: IN MARIC-LANti [A L p A s, Meat WeightrSh oa. 2 3 , to oa. is: :o the Act • 3t7, Quarters at-toffs od Olt 28j 331 ;13i , od so si - at - 9.1 s 70(1 1)13 16 312 at,,5)91,0d- • 20 xs ; Alt ate 843rif , .—Avccage than last Return. . A It littiltiN olz FLO U It,:" . " From Oet. 24, t 0.061. 27, - from the LOcket-Office:, Sacks. s. d t Sakks. s. o. A 4 10 0 24 92 6 9737 9; o agq OZ 47 0 ""--- 94 0 . 0 1 - 9. 793 ---- 9 3 0} 5: t 9D. o 1 I 2 --8 a 0 - Ittii 5 'at 8,-Js k.r Sack. • Total-12,04A —Aiierake 945. .50. per SAelc -04. zd. lower, than last. return.. 4:., sP.s... ~. ~ , : •'' . . . Red. Clover -e .. •.- k.)S. ocil•to-1256, 1.117, ' lO • White ditto.- - - SOS. od. to iz65...,x0. - ' Treltirl - - - - a* 2QS. od. to ' 765.. (10 . :, Rye-Grass - - - 3bs. od. to-4as: !4ititi4l% i . :White, M ..,ustatd Seed. .16:s. od.. to, 145,6 d. t+ 3 " . ' s 13rown ditto - - 16$. oth to zz5.,94,t4 1 t turnip - .- ' - . its:pd. - talifni.ilt Carraway Seeds . Os. "dd. iti 44.1Vae1; • .New Carralmay - • • —s. od;, to , 4 -s.•de. ' ‘Coriander Seeds , -1 —s. od., to —s. do. —.. PRIOE PF IitYPS. "‘ ' , . ' BAGS. 'FOCKET.I. ,A^ Kent;. :51, (2... to 51. up; Kent, 51. 0,,. to 61. :c.f.: , Stissi4i,,4 l • igs• 14'i -51. si. , Sussex, 41. los. to st. 12: , Essex, ,41. los. to : i - I. Ss. 'Fifitharn, 91. —s. tout. c..-.,;, lIEWGATE AND LEADENIIALL'ItfAitKETS:, ty the Carcase.' Oder 1 . 35,: 41.. to 4s. 4:1. I \teat 45.-41. to 65.1 4 , 1 Itltatton 3s. lid. to 4s. bpi. Pork 6s. 2d. t0.7,..10 , Larns os. oci. to os. od. . TIOCE, 1' LEATHER (per lb.) AT LEADENFIA t I4I , * Cutts, sn to c 6113. each , • 2244., to 2.34. !pi°, 56 to 661 b. each 2,5 d.: to 'Ad. Nicrchafits' !lacks, • ' • od. to cd. Dressing Hides, , - - 014. to s9o,' fine Coach - • to zur„ Clop Hides, As to tor cutting • to Ditto, 3to 4otb: ' • - "Ed. tri''lOte Skins, 30 to. 4c;10...a6,i. to ;korl.,,pep Ditto, - so to• 7014. 341. to 4pd.. per lb., Ditto, . 7o to , Soi`S. 33d. to 39(1 "Sinali . Seals.(Greenland) 35.. od. "t'035,..4.,d. per lb.- t, Large ditto,. • - ions; to 140 s. per dnz. Tanned Horse Hides, 19d. to. 20(1, ker tb. , , RAW 1-11DhS.. ' • Vest Heifers & Steers,(per st.) Ordinary 2 s od to Is. 4 3 25 ton to 3s cd Market Calf his od each Middlings 2 s 6d to 2s Sd Eng.llorse od to 1 6s Sheep Skins - 2. 6,1 to 4s 4d • PItIC.F. OE St. antes's Market ss. sit. Clare Market ss. ei. vVhitechap.Market ss. 3d, per stood of ,r.s". are Average rr:ce ss. 41.1. TALLow. • Towrci,anow 9 25. 6d, Yellokki Russia Whitetto. 9zs. ea! Os. 0 0 . Soap do. sots. —s. cd. :v citing Stun Scs. ode Dittb Go s. —S. - - "b• Grave:. MS. cit. . . Yelliopc.spap„ . .ll2s.-71to Price of Candies per dozen, I Goixi Ditigs cos. od. Wed, tSs• isS. oci• St. lANlgS's HAY ,viARKE'r, Nbv. 6: Hay, tos. od. to 61. 125 . . ad.—Aver. 51.. as. oa' Straw, 31. Bi. oct. t 0.21. t4s. , od.—Aver.: 2t. xis. WHITECIIAPEL HAY MARKET. flay 51. 4s. od. to 61. Jo.. t)(l.—Nver. 51. 13g. 45d. New 01. os. od. to 01. os. od.— Aver. 01. .Is. oii• 1. Clover, 61. 26. od, to 71. to.. od. —Aver. 71. 7s, 0( 1 . Straw. 21 4. od. to 2A od.. - Avur. 2r. 7s. od. C()AL_MAkr~ E'li . Nov. t. Ships atlVlarket. . • 20 Newcastle 5 Sunderland 3. Ira Newcastle 20 Sunderland Sol p . nces. -rzt 5 7, 6, 1 7 1s . ji at sos od tot 0 7) At 42s od 6 4.)g-t 53 , . d t 0.60 ocb LOINiI ON : Printe_d by RICI ARt) 11Ai.RLS, of No.•4,.Martiett-couTt. i3owstrect ; and Pc )ibbetl by WILLIAM 'A KMIGL R SCRIP psmoto Molton.street., 05 - ve c oftiOgrt;•. Stlli-Orrice, No. 112, bit - and; where Advertisements, Orders for he Paw Letters fot the Editor, &c, (post.pdia), must,b3 addressed: coluc, Ocr. A ,yery,. atrocious murder.; was corntrsitted on t 'tuesday nigbt, in Blattiey , -lane, 2 on a lamp.-lighter of, the name of Neville, .by the proprietor,of a pub lic-house in that part of the city, earnedKellihereand two. associates named Buckley, The unhappy -ob je4 of thisTrimin-al brutality, it appears, had been': in. the usual exercise of his daty,„whieh extended to Blarney-lane, and had knocked at Kelliher's dear in order to get a drink of porter. The cl l )or was opened, but instead of admitting . the unfortunate man, Kel liher and the two Buckleys rushed out, the former with - -a large wooden bar in llis, hand, -and attacked ban, and a young lad, his .brother,who is also a lamp- lighter, and . Wak.With him. One of the Buckleys held the. lad,-while the other two attacked the de seaSedand a blow of the bar, given wikh extreme fOree, quickly did his business. If any life .had re- • roamed after the first,blow, the repetition.of .it with. horrid Aananitiary deliberation, dispatched effeetuallir the object of it: The body was taken up as .deaci, and the cruel ruffians who committed , the taped. The City Sheriffs, hOwever, were .vcry shortly after acquainted , With- the transaction, . add they inintediatelyrepaired. to the scene of murder, and secured the wife of Kelliher,: and a utarnber,Of .persons who slept in the,house, which was a kind of Carman's Inn.- By very active exertionS to detect the murderers, they were. also fortunate. enough to secure one of the. Buckleys who, • with all , who were in the . house, they . lodged that , night in Bridewell. The dead body of Neville way re mow& to his house, where. it ren - rained until yester day, when a Coroner's Inquest sat Upon it, and brought in a vorditt of Wilful Murder against Kel liher and the BUckleys. 'rwa_ot these nefarious vil lains have hitherto eluded dete6tion---.-but the pur- Suit ,a.fter them 'is adive , and , unit:Mitt ing. Use per sous who were taken in Kelliher's house were re leased after the inquest—they were for the most . par!, unacquainted with, the transaetion, when it oce carted- , His smailt. maid, ,who was present at the murder, is in custody, She basyet declared nothing s and seems not disposed to it. • MERMAID. Ara±aigi 28th Sept. 1809.• The following declaration was. this day dinitted in the presence of the aftef;s4bseribing witnesses: ...I. Neil iVrintosli, in Sandy Island;Canna, states, that he has _heard from different individuals in the. Island of .Canna that they . have *seen the fish called •Dyer-' , maids; that these "animals had the upper parts fC sea-lb; ink; ttre human figure, and the lb.,.er extremi ties resembling a fish.: In particular ; about six years ago, Neil Stewart and Neil IVl`lsaac,. both aliyem• C.inna, when Walking upon the -sea beach nix northern end of the island, on aSunday, saw stretched. on a rock at - a small distance, an animal of the above: (I,e4crivuotytiaving the appearance. ot a woman in the upper parts and of a a fish below ; that on, seeing them it spr . .upg into the 'water, w hich- i hey had a More 'distinc-t view of its upper parts, which , strongly resembled a female ot the human species.— That Lachlin Al'Arthur of the same island informed IVl‘liitysh, that st,me years ago,. sailing from Ulst.to Skye in a stormy day, 'he saw rising ,14:0411 the water near the stern ot the boat in'which he was,- a figure . reseinbl:ng a wotuan in its upper parts which ter l extrecn,ty. Neil INilvintoSii further states, 1134 t, .he himself, about five years ago, was steering a boat from Can na.to Skye in a stbrrpy day; that- when about one fourth of the passage ttotu, Cpna he saw_sornething near him of a white colour, anctof Abe, liutuaa r tigure, • spring almost:out of the water, which•he took .for . the animal above described;' but as it instantly dis .appeared again, he bad no opportunity of examining . it minutely; thal he felt 'considerable alarm at the sightot it, a s a general opinion or prejudice exists among the inhabitants of , the We isles, that it is extremely unlucky to meet with,or look upon such animals at 'sea, or to point them out to the rest tof the crew, unless they , observe it themselves. . ,Signed, APlntosh ; Robert • Brown, FaEtor for clautantiald, witness ; :llonald,/vr . Neal of Can= 113,witness 3, William Campbell, W. S. Edinburgh; .witoess,;..latues Gillespie, i Archited, Edinburgh, witness,..,. . , . . Vortree, Olober, z, !og; That what is above written is a true copy of the Attested NlALeor.my.lNttionT, N. P. TriVE-SIDEAGRICULTURAL SOCkETK. The followihg.is a list of the successful,Qandi.: !dates fur premiums, at theCk.-toher Meeting, held Ovhsham, on Thursday last : To the fariner, - the,whole-of whose turnip crop, exceed-' • ing sib acres, is the best, hye guineas, to Alf: üb. hng, hi Sly tOrd. • 'l'd the'tariner, the whole bf:vvhose turnip crop, exceed ing six aures, is the best, the. whole of whose land, in tur., nips, in the estilaatibn of the judges, being 'not'wdriti more than thirty Shillings per acre, fiVe guineas ;. to Mr. Tliornai Bates, Halton. To the farmer, as above , land.not worth more than . twen. ty shilling peruere, five guineas. No claimantS. For the hest crop of or Rata.baga ttrinips, not less than three acids, five , guineas ; 'to Sir Wm. Lorraine, Bart, liirkltale.,. • For thetest crop of SiverhSh ideßutiJiaga turnips, .being under three acres; and not Less than one:Were,, three guineas to Win. Greenwell, Esq, Lanchester Fold. 'or the-best . cow, five guineas;' to Mr". Thomas 'Bates, Next best ditto, three dittO; Arithony,Wailes,• Beath Next best ditto, two ditto ; Mr.-Witham I obling, Sty. ford, F'or the best heifer, five guineas ; ta Mr. Thomas Jobling, , Stylord. .. • Next best ditto, three ditto ; Mr. George Arigus Next best ditto, two ditto ; Mr. Aut.hoDy . Wades Beart. best draui;lit mare, three guineas ; M r. Matthew Robson, " Ttirockley. • Best coach mare, three ditto Capt. Sohn Harbottle, Fen wick Sioeld. •. . . Besthunter, or road mare, tlireo ditto ; 'Mr. Thos. BateS, Ilalton. 'lest breeding• sow, three ditto ; Mr. Thothas BpteS, Hal ton. The premium of fiie',,guirtca t *; for the labourer in hats!pn dry, having hroimht hp the greirest .thithher of letitunate children, without parochial assist nceovas ad,iudged to lohn Dodds, NeWhhrii-iatie, A neartwenty miles race, was run yesterday morn in g on the'thc.bridge::road, betwecti Mes-rS. Howe and Smith, celebtaied runiteis; which was won by' the former by half a mile. The-winner r.:rfornieci the distance in 2houcs and 24 minutes. Stniiii gas the favourite before starting.